Chapter 295: Chapter 294: Black and White Impermanence

Translator: 549690339

“Who cares what they’ve done, arrest them all!” The white figure was brusque, defying the need for explanations, deciding it was best to first bring everyone back to the Underworld.

He was irked; he found out that most inhabitants on this planet were fugitives.

Tens of billions of them!

Audacious to the extreme, they blatantly disregarded the Underworld!

He had Luo Zhu in his sights.

Out of the entire school, only Luo Zhu still stood, staring at the intruder, whilst the rest cowered in corners, huddling together trembling.

Truth was, Luo Zhu was scared too, but her will was much stronger than the others. Plus, she had fought alongside her brother for half a year and knew that hiding was futile and that only by fighting could she carve out a sliver of hope.

“Still dare to resist?”

The white figure was incensed. Being fugitives, upon seeing him, the natives would either flee or hide. He had never seen such a brazen one before!

“Come here!” The white figure flung out a chain, as swift as lightning, attempting to secure Luo Zhu.

The difference in their power levels was enormous. Luo Zhu may have the intention to resist, but facing the chain rushing towards her, she didn’t even have time to react!

‘Swift as lightning’ was not a metaphor – the speed of the chain was nearly that of light!

In Luo Zhu’s perception, it was as if time slowed infinitely. She saw the chain manifest, but likewise, she saw a large hand appear in front of her, clutching the chain.

The owner of the hand spoke in a voice Luo Zhu was very familiar with: “Don’t worry while I’m here.”

“Mr. Jiang?!” Luo Zhu was overjoyed. She never expected that Mr. Jiang would appear at such a crucial moment.

“Who are you?” The white figure boomed.

“I believe I should be the one asking that.” Jiang Li slowly turned around, spotted the attire of the two colored figures, and he recalled the legend that circulated in the Ten Thousand Realms.

“Black and White Impermanence?”

The two of them, no, the attire of the two spirits clearly branded them as the envoys of the Underworld, the Black and White Impermanence.

Jiang Li finally understood. No wonder Luo Zhu and the others in the school reacted this way.

Anyone would be scared upon meeting a soul reaper. It was instinct.

“Knowing who we are and still harboring them, your offense has leveled up!” Upon hearing Jiang Li utter their names, yet he was still firmly gripping the chain, White Impermanence couldn’t even pull it back.

“What have they done wrong?” Jiang Li thought there might be a misunderstanding.

White Impermanence scoffed, “Feigning ignorance, are we? They escaped reincarnation hard-wired into this world. This is a capital offense. They should be punished in the Endless Hell!”

Jiang Li understood. Souls don’t appear out of nowhere and sure as hell don’t vanish into thin air. Luo Ying had reversed time by ten years, reviving the deceased.

Where were those souls before their resurrection? Naturally, they were in the Underworld.

Which was tantamount to stealing souls from the Underworld!

But who was to blame? Luo Ying, or the fragments of the stairway to immortality?

How would the Black and White Impermanence know of Jiang Li’s inner thoughts? They both moved together, intending to seize the hindrance before them and then escort tens of billions back to the Underworld.

In front of them, the numbers didn’t pose a problem. They were proficient in the way of Reincarnation. No soul can escape their control!

“Die!” White Impermanence formed a seal. It was the Seal of Life and Death inversion. Whoever was hit by it would be turned from living to dead.

And no deceased was their match!

“Down!” Jiang Li tugged downward, dragging White Impermanence down in the process.

The seal formation by White Impermanence was disrupted when he received a kick from Jiang Li straight to his face.

Enraged, White Impermanence was about to utter a threat when he was entwined by the chain Jiang Li was holding. With a swift pull, Jiang Li flung him away like a spinning top.

Black Impermanence, wielding the Slaughtered rod, swung it at Jiang Li’s head intending to knock his soul loose. Jiang Li leaned back before jerking forward abruptly, running straight into the Slaughtered rod. Who knew that his soul and body were so closely bound that instead, his counter movement sent Black Impermanence flying along with his rod.

Black Impermanence regaining his balance and prepared to retaliate, but saw Jiang Li plunge forward, snatching his Slaughtered rod and snapping it into two, hitting him with one end on the forehead and the other on the back of his head. Then he simultaneously hit him with both ends on top of his head, causing Black Impermanence to lose all sense of direction.

“Damned nuisance!” Only after two rounds, Black and White Impermanence already knew that the being before them was terrifyingly strong.

But it didn’t make sense. The man before them was plainly overflowing with Spiritual energy and was clearly not an Immortal, how could he possibly be their match?

How could there possibly exist a Transcendance Tribulation Stage this powerful? You must know that they were genuine Ghost Immortals, their status in the Underworld is not low!

Both of them regretted taking this task. Had they known beforehand, they would have passed on this thankless job.

The bureaucratic machinery of the Underworld was bloated and inefficient, the process of reincarnation was slow and often ghosts would spend more than a decade before being able to reincarnate.

A while ago, a general inspection was held for all registered ghosts, yet to enter the cycle of reincarnation. During the inspection, the Underworld found a substantial number of ghosts missing, tens of billions of them! Moreover, their departure went unnoticed as there were no traces left behind.

Bloody hell!

All the officials found it a nuisance and no one was willing to investigate. It was a blame game passing the buck to one another until finally the task fell onto Black and White Impermanence.

The duo initiated investigation and found that all missing ghosts originated from a particular planet in a certain world. Therefore, the two of them applied the way of Reincarnation and arrived here.

Who knew that such a formidable being resided in this world.

“Mortal, your life and death are predestined. We do not wish to change fate, bring about your death, and disrupt the mortal world. Depart immediately, and we will not hold you accountable!”

“Ridiculous, if you can bring about death then just try!” Jiang Li was also seething. These two attacked him on sight without having considered getting to understand the situation first.

Now that they found they could not defeat him, they want to persuade me to leave? They thought I was in a good mood?

“You did not heed our kind words, and we warned, bear no grudge against our mercilessness!”

Black and White Impermanence drew the Pen of the Judge and the Book of Life and Death from the Underworld. The Book of Life and Death is used to judge our life span, tallying a lifetime’s merits. The Pen of the Judge can modify the Book of Life and Death.

They intended to cross out Jiang Li’s lifespan on the Book of Life and Death, directly passing his death sentence!

The Pen of the Judge and the Book of Life and Death were treasures of the Underworld, the ones they held were but replicas.

Black Impermanence aimed the Book of Life and Death at Jiang Li, and the book shone so bright that they couldn’t keep their eyes open.

“How is it possible for someone to have such abounding accumulated merits!” Black Impermanence exclaimed in astonishment. In his thousands of years in death, he had never seen such a phenomenon.

This man called Jiang Li, had he saved the world? More than once at that!

They were absolutely not in a position to alter the lifespan of a person with such stature!

If they wanted to change Jiang Li’s lifespan, they would die from the backlash, their souls scattering!

“Also something isn’t right about his lifespan too, why does he have so much? This is not what a being at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage is supposed to have! What stage is he really at!”

Black Impermanence was scared by Jiang Li’s lifespan. Not even a Heavenly Immortal lived as long as him.

Jiang Li became intrigued, flew upwards, and seized the Book of Life and Death.

But once the Book of Life and Death was in Jiang Li’s hands, it turned into the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, completely blank.

“What’s going on?”

“Those who are not proficient in the way of Reincarnation are incapable of reading the contents of the book.” White Impermanence explained. This man had an immense amount of accumulated merits, he must be a kind soul. There was no need for a fight to the death.

Just as the two were about to say something, they received a message from the Underworld.

“What, something like this happened?”

“Brother, we are urgently needed in the Underworld. We must rush back immediately, goodbye, till our fates align again!”

They both made a fist, and hastily took their leave.

“Hey, you didn’t take the Book of Life and Death back.” Jiang Li intended to return the book to them, but they had already vanished after activating the way of the Reincarnation.